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similar abstract has not been prepared by order of Gloveniment. Still 

 there have been labourers in the cause, who, from time to time, have 

 given to the public the benefit of their observations and researches, 

 and have made earnest appeals to " the legislative branch' ' of the 

 Government, for correction of the evils tliat exist. 



Before going into the subject of Tropical Hygiene, which foi'ras the 

 bulk of Dr. Mackinnou's Treatise, we would collate from the different 

 sources open to us, a few of the most important statistical facts, the 

 correctness of which may be vouched for by the authority under which 

 they were published. They will shew in a clear and tabular form, 

 what the mortality of European soldiers, serving in India, amounts to, 

 and what are the proportional rates of deaths at diiferent stations, iu 

 different years : — 



TABLE I. 



Shewing the annual mortality from sickness in every 100 men, hoth 

 European and Native, of the three armies of Bengal, Bomhay and Ma- 

 dras,for the last 20 years. 



This table is taken from a valuable paper by Col. Sykes, on the 

 "Vital statistics of the Indian army,"* and (it must be remembered) 

 does not include casualties in the field, or while on service, nor yet 

 the mortality from cholera in Scinde. The most strikiiig fact here 

 shewn is. that the loss of life amongst our European soldiery in Ben- 

 gal, is double of what it is in Madras : or in other words, that whereas 

 74 out of every 1,000 die annually in Bengal, only 38 in the same 

 number would be the loss in the sister presidency. The causes, by 

 which this difference may be accounted for, we shall notice hereafter. 



At Secunderabad, death mows down its victims with tw^o-fold power. 

 At this latter station, which is tlie most unhealthy in the Madras pre- 

 sidency, tlie average mortality among the European troops, for fifteen 

 years previous to 1846-47, has been 75 per 1,000 — being nearly double 

 the average of the entire presidency, and more than double the average 



* " Statistical Society's Journal." — Vol. X, page 124. 

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